DOGON KANAGA MASK 7, MALI

The Kanaga mask has become an emblem of the Dogon, so well know that
is often used as an emblem of the Mali Republic. It has been identified
as a bird of prey with outspread wings. Some historians say that the superstructure
symbolizes man, axis of the world, pointing to both earth and sky. Another
interpretation links Kanaga to the water insect that implanted in the soil
the first seed from which all other seed sprung.